If you have old electronics sitting around your home, you may be able to recycle them for cash for the precious metals they contain. However, the quantities are small, so it usually makes sense if you ...

You probably have one or two (or three) old laptops, desktops or printers sitting around, taking up space in your home. While they mostly hide forgotten in your junk room, closet or office, spring ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WALTER ZERLA / GettyImages If you have a keyboard that's outdated or beyond repair, think twice before tossing it into a dumpster.

Christmas is over, but the remnants – stacks of cardboard boxes, bags of sparkly wrapping paper and maybe one or two broken ornaments – remain. Though it's easy to toss these items into the garbage, ...